Charity

Charity is an oil on canvas painting by Guido Reni, created possibly in 1629–1630. It is held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, to which it was donated by Mr and Mrs Charles Wrightsman in 1974.

The work is first recorded in a 1767 inventory of the collection of Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein. It remained in the princely collection until Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein auctioned it in Paris on 16 May 1882. It then remained in a Parisian private collection until about 1933 with as misattribution to Simon Vouet, after which it passed through two art dealers before being bought in New York by the Wrightsmans in 1968.

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About the painting

Particulars

In the same room · Gallery 620, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

On the same theme · Child

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

The Immaculate Conception

Fathers of the Church Disputing the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception

La Vierge avec l'Enfant Jésus jouant avec un oiseau

La Vierge, l'Enfant Jésus et saint Jean Baptiste

Hercule et Acheloüs

Construction of Noah's Ark

St Joseph with Infant Christ in his Arms

Le Christ remettant les clés à saint Pierre

The Musicians, 1597

The Denial of Saint Peter, 1610

The Immaculate Conception, 1627

The Coronation of the Virgin, after 1595

Samson Captured by the Philistines, 1619

Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness, ca. 1600

The Burial of Christ, 1595

Abduction of a Sabine Woman, model ca. 1579; cast possibly late 16th century

Trailer Camp Children, Richmond, California, 1944, printed 1981

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

First Steps, after Millet, 1890

Le gourmet, 1901

The Poor (Les pauvres), 1905, published 1913

Winged Bull Watched by Four Children (Taureau ailé contemplé par quatre enfants), 1934

Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte", 1884

Medici Madonna, 1524–1534